By: Birdwell S.B. No. 527     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a defendant's payment of costs associated with a   court-appointed counsel.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 26.05, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended by adding Subsection (g-1) to read as follows:          (g-1)(1)  This subsection applies only to a defendant who at   the time of sentencing to confinement or placement on community   supervision, including deferred adjudication community   supervision, did not have the financial resources to pay the   maximum amount described by Subsection (g)(1) or (2), as   applicable, for legal services provided to the defendant.                (2)  At any time during a defendant's sentence of   confinement or period of community supervision, the judge, after   providing written notice to the defendant and an opportunity for   the defendant to present information relevant to the defendant's   ability to pay, may order a defendant to whom this subsection   applies to pay any unpaid portion of the amount described by   Subsection (g)(1) or (2), as applicable, if the judge determines   that the defendant has the financial resources to pay the   additional portion.                (3)  The judge may amend an order entered under   Subdivision (2) if, subsequent to the judge's determination under   that subdivision, the judge determines that the defendant is   indigent or demonstrates an inability to pay the amount ordered.                (4)  In making a determination under this subsection,   the judge may only consider the information a court or courts'    designee is authorized to consider in making an indigency   determination under Article 26.04(m).                (5)  Notwithstanding any other law, the judge may not   revoke or extend the defendant's period of community supervision   solely to collect the amount the defendant has been ordered to pay   under this subsection.           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.